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MaPoleDance is a French blog by Joy, an accomplished pole dancer. She writes about a variety of topics related to pole dance such as diet, video lessons, book reviews, street poling and her own growth. She also does the very cool "Mood of the Day" photo cards. (More about that below) Here is just a taste of her pole story.

Joy Jimenez, a pole dance student, originally from Orleans, France, has lived in Paris since 2009 and is also a student of INSEEC business school. She writes in her blog and is also currently creating her own brand of fitness wear.

How did you first get
introduced to pole dancing?

Laurence Hilsum was my
first teacher. Then, I also took pole dance lessons with Manuela Carneiro and
Keem Martinez. Now, I continue to take classes in Pole And Dance studio with
its different teachers.

How did you first learn pole dance (studio
classes, DVD, self-taught, ect)?

I learned with studio
classes.

And how long have you been
pole dancing now?

Soon, it will be 2 years
that I do pole dance.

Have you competed? If so,
have you won any competitions? If not, do you plan on competing?

No I don't.

What has been the most
challenging thing for you to learn in pole?

From the beginning, the
biggest challenge was to tow or carry me with only the strength of my
arms.

Joy's favorite music

I
have created a playlist for pole dancing and I love "Stolen Dance" by Milky Chance and "Chandelier" by Sia. Here are some of my other songs I pole dance to:

Do you have any other
dance background?

I did ten years of figure
ice-skating. I did competitions and I loved that.

How do you feel about
stripping/exotic dance industry still being attached to our current pole
dancing for fitness or fun?

For me, Pole Dancing is a
beautiful sportive dance. I prefer to practice it barefoot and not so sexy. I
don't like the negative connotations related to pole dance but I think that we
can practice this sport sexy way sometimes without these connotations.

Have you ever been
injured or frustrated in pole that you took a break?

No never and I hope it
will not happen !!!

What advice would you
give a beginning pole dance student that cannot hold her body weight on the
pole yet?

It will come gradually,
not give up, do cladding and pumps to gain enough strength for first figures.

What advice would you
give an advanced trickster?

Work flow and cleanliness
!

Are there any particular
exercises that you used to help you gain more strength to pole?

Not particularly. I went
regularly to pole dance classes, 2 times a week and sometimes 3 times. On my pole dance blog,
you can find a lot of exercises to build muscle and to relax you.

Joy's projects, goals and thoughts

Tell us how your blog got
started.

From my first class, I
was addicted. So, I spent my evenings to seek information and watch videos. I
thought it was complicated to have all the information (news, figures, fitness
exercices, studios and videos...), I had to wander from website to website. My
boyfriend asked me why I did not create a blog with all details. I loved this
idea !!! And on the night of December 27th, I started, Mapoledance was
created.

I love your "Mood of
the Day" project on Facebook...how can we participate in that?

To participate, you have
to send me your photo (pole dance, dance, stretch, running, yoga, fitness
activities...) and a motivational phrase at mapoledance@gmail.com or
via Facebook. Then, I do photo editing and publish it on my blog's social
networks.

What are your new
personal goals in pole dance? What about your goals in life right now?

In Pole dance, I want to
continue to progress and one day succeed in doing the rainbow Marchenko.

Now in life, I want to
get my Masters degree in business school and fulfill the creation of my fitness clothing
brand success.

What would you like to
see change or added in to the world of pole dance?

I would like pole dance
be increasingly recognized as a real sport and without prejudice, the creation
of international pole dancing federation to coordinate the world and Europe
championships as for football.